| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SCHAFFER, HEATH 0652 (AR08106051) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF WAL-MART, TO WIT: THREE DIGITAL VIDEO DISCS (DVD'S) CARRYING AWAY THE SAID MERCHANDISE, WITH INTENT TO TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY DEPRIVE WAL-MART, A MERCHANT, OF THE POSSESSION, USE, BENEFIT, OR FULL RETAIL VALUE OF SAID PROPERTY, SAID PROPERTY BEING OF A VALUE OF LESS THAN $300.00, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 812.015, 812.014(1), AND 812.014(3)(A). ON 110208 AT APPROXIMATELY 1820 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED THE WAL-MART SUPER CENTER LOCATED AT, 2461 EAST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY, IN INVERNESS, IN REFERENCE TO A THEFT THAT HAD ALREADY occurred AND the SUSPECT WAS IN CUSTODY. UPON ARRIVAL, CONTACT WAS MADE with the WITNESS/LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER FOR WAL-MART. THE WITNESS STATED THAT HE OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT, MR JOSE DE LA ROSA ENRIQUE, CONCEALING THREE DVD'S ON the UNDERNEATH PORTION OF THE SHOPPING CART. AS THE DEFENDANT WAS CHECKING OUT, BAGS WERE PLACED ON TOP OF THE THREE DVD'S TOTALING $79.88, WHICH WAS MEANT TO CONCEAL THEM. THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT BEGAN TO EXIT THE STORE PASSING ALL POINTS OF SALE. AT THAT POINT, HE MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT IN THE VESTIBULE AREA OF the STORE AND IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS the LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER. HE THEN TOOK THE DEFENDANT INTO CUSTODY AND ESCORTED HIM TO THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICE. I THEN HAD THE WITNESS COMPLETE A WRITTEN STATEMENT AND SIGN A PROPERTY RECEIPT. I WAS ALSO PROVIDED WITH A COPY OF THE VIDEO SURVEILLANCE TAPE, WHICH WAS LATER TURNED INTO THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE RECORDS DEPARTMENT. I THEN PLACED the DEFENDANT IN HANDCUFFS (DOUBLE-LOCKED), BEHIND HIS BACK. HE WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO the CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $250.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. ALL PROPERTY WAS TURNED BACK OVER TO THE CUSTODY OF THE STORE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
